Fishers and Plunderers : Theft, Slavery and Violence at Sea （Library Binding）

Couper, Alastair/ Smith, Hance D./ Ciceri, Bruno

Pluto Press（2015/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780745335926
• DDC分類 338.3727

Full Description

Abuses and slavery at sea are largely missing from narratives of work and environmental exploitation in the mainstream. This book shines a light on the exploitation of fish and fishers alike in a global industry driven by profits.

Conservation and human rights in this industry are huge problems: with vast overprovision of vessels and shortages of fish, labour costs are targeted and young men are trafficked from poor areas onto vessels in virtual slavery. The resultant poverty and debt bonding pushes many towards trafficking drugs and piracy - although the criminality linked to the industry extends far beyond the level of the individual, vessel or fleet.

Using first hand testimony and shocking examples of these abuses, the book uncovers these crimes and injustices, with the authors arguing for regulations which if implemented could protect the rights of fishers across the board.

Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Plates

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Deirdre Fitzpatrick

1. Introduction

Part I: The Fishing Industry and the Race to Fish

2. Fish, Gear and Boats

3. The Risks of Working at Sea

4. Nation States' Rights to Fish

5. Employment and Poverty in Fishing Communities

6. Destruction and Theft of Fish Stocks

7. Laundering and Marketing Stolen Fish

Part II: The Plight of the Fishers

8. Arrests of Fishers

9. Getting a Crew by Dubious Contracting and Slave Trafficking

10. Abuses and Slavery at Sea

11. Escape from Hell

12. Fishing Vessels and the Drugs Trade

13. Piracy and Armed Robbery

14. Conclusion: Problems and Prospects

Notes

Index